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Comprehensive Description

SMNS 25251 (1 specimen), Diogo Vaz; SMNS 25280 (1 specimen) Diogo Vaz. UFES 158 (4 specimens) Ilhéu Santana, SãoTomé . This is a common species at SãoTomé island, predominantly from deeper than 20 m but occasionally as shallow as 5 m depth. A photo of a pair from Rolas Island was printed in Wirtz (2005a) under the name Chaetodon marcellaeZBK .